Caleb Williams had one of the worst days you can have in a win.
The four interceptions he threw stood out for obvious reasons. However, those weren’t the only numbers that stood out. For instance, the 61.5 passer rating was his seventh-worst showing in a game since entering the NFL in 2024. Williams’ EPA (Expected Points Added) per pass (-0.30) was the second-worst showing of his career so far. And his EPA per dropback (-0.25) was the fifth-worst.
No matter how you sliced it, it was ugly for most of the night. To be clear, it wasn’t just a Caleb Williams problem. The Bears had five turnovers, nine penalties, no explosives (10+ yards) in the run game, and blew a lead that was 11 points entering the fourth quarter. Still, the four INTs stuck in my craw. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling this way, which is why I wanted to hear QB1 explain himself.
So here is Caleb Williams’ response to a question about processing the victory on Sunday Night Football against the Buccaneers after his first four-interception game, which opened his postgame press conference:
“It’s frustrating. Two of them tried to be throwaways. One of them, I made a dumb decision. And the last one got tipped up in the air. And so, you know, you go back, you look at it. What could I have done? I think on one of them, I think I could have just tossed the ball to Colston (Loveland) on the left side instead of falling out and trying to throw an incompletion and throw it away. But the other one, I’ve got to juice it in there on the last one to Luther (Burden).
The one before, or the one earlier, gotta just check it down. Wasn’t the right coverage. Made a bad decision. And that happens, so you learn from it. And then the other one was also the same thing. Same pressure, and then just tried to get the ball out and tried to be the big eraser. That’s what I’ve been. That’s what I will be. Keep doing that. Keep being the big eraser. But today, I wasn’t.”
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Caleb Williams After 4 INTs: ‘I’m Gonna Keep Ripping It’
My favorite Caleb Williams quote came right after the initial exchange, as the Bears quarterback explained that he wasn’t going to change his play style on the final drive (or at all, really) despite the earlier misfires:
“I’m gonna throw until I can’t throw anymore. So, that’s how I live. I work my tail off to be in this position. I’ll never not throw the ball. I could throw 100 picks in one game. If it comes down to it, I’m going to throw that pass that I threw to Colston, or if it’s a tighter window, I’m going to rip it in there. That’s how I grew up. That’s what I am. I don’t get gunshy. That’s not me. That’s not my identity. That’s not who I am. And so, with that, I’m gonna keep ripping it.”
So, to summarize: Two of the interceptions were failed throwaways, one came on a tip drill that didn’t go the Bears’ way, and one was a legitimately bad decision that Williams regrets. That checks out for me. Maybe that is a bit of copium on my part. Or perhaps I have a good reason to believe that someone who has been the least-intercepted quarterback since the start of the 2024 season isn’t going to turn into an INT-throwing machine after just one game.
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I love Caleb Williams’ fearlessness. That response is the kind of energy I need out of my team’s quarterback. If you’ve watched the Bears for long enough, then you can rattle off quarterbacks who got spooked by multi-INT games. Fans of a certain age can pinpoint exact moments when things changed for QBs who went from confident throwers to being gunshy. That said, I’m glad Williams isn’t changing a thing. That lines up with how Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson operates. Maybe that type of bravado will cost them in the future. We’ll cross that bridge if we get to it. In the meantime, we can point to how it helped the Bears win on Sunday.
Caleb Williams (18) drops back to pass against the Buccaneers at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn ImagesTo be clear, I’m not just brushing this INT mess under the rug. Caleb Williams needs to continue threading that needle between being fearless and bold with his throws and being smart. He needs to get back to playing the kind of ball that had commentators raving about him before things unraveled after the hot start. The way I see it, this might have been the most important game of Williams’ season.
Against a defense comparable to the one he will face in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, Caleb Williams got off to a hot start as the Bears opened up a 14-point lead and finished strong by orchestrating a game-winning fourth-quarter drive. So long as he uses the lessons learned from starting strong and finishing on a high note, we’ll likely look back at this game as a potential launch point. If not, then we will likely view this game as the one where the league started figuring out how to put the Iceman on freeze.
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